Early Access — pre-GA

A database that stands apart from all the others.

AthenaDB is a secure, AI-native database that runs natively on Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux — Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE Linux Enterprise — with IBM AIX Planned as the next first-class native Unix lane. Your data stays encrypted and yours, with search that actually understands it.

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A truly native database — runs directly on your OS, no VM, no container required.

Windows

In progress

macOS

In progress

Linux

In progress

FreeBSD

In progress

Solaris

In progress

IBM AIX

Planned

Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux — Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, openSUSE, and SLE — first-class native targets in Early Access; IBM AIX Planned. Platforms →

Why AthenaDB is different

Retrieval, security, and trust designed together — not stitched onto a general-purpose datastore.

Search that understands you

Ask in plain language and get real answers. Keyword, meaning, connections, and time are searched together — not bolted onto an old relational engine as an afterthought.

Your data stays yours

Everything is encrypted on disk with our own cryptography. There's no cloud you're forced into and no lock-in — you can always open, back up, and export your own data.

Nothing borrowed under the hood

AthenaDB is one engine, built from the ground up. No SQLite, no bundled datastore — the storage format and the crypto are ours, so they're ours to secure and audit.

Databases that trust each other

With the Instance Trust Fabric, your instances can cooperate securely — sharing filtered context, not raw access — over verifiable, revocable trust instead of shared passwords.

From embeddable to clustered

The same engine, from a single encrypted file on a laptop to a high-availability service.

All features

AthenaDB Core

In progress

The secure engine everything is built on.

AthenaDB Lite

In progress

The engine embedded — an encrypted, offline-first local database.

AthenaDB Server

In progress

Multi-user server runtime with an admin API.

In progress

The Instance Trust Fabric

A secure cognitive trust mesh between database instances. Instances authenticate each other with cryptographic identity, negotiate scoped roles, and exchange permission-filtered context — never raw remote SQL. Active-Directory-style trust, for AI-native databases.

How the Trust Fabric works

Domain packs

A signed, sandboxed add-on architecture turns AthenaDB into a vertical knowledge system. Legal, Medical, and Research are in Early Access.

How packs work

Legal

In progress

A litigation-grade case knowledge graph.

Medical

In progress

Encounter-centric clinical records.

Research

In progress

Scholarly works, claims, and citations.

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